The U.S. Supreme Court was asked to issue a ruling on whether citizens can enforce the Voting Rights Act after a court ruled that the government is the only entity that can enforce the law.
A petition filed Tuesday to the high court from a Native American coalition asked the justices to overturn a ruling that was issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit earlier this year that found that only the government can enforce the Voting Rights Act (VRA). It also said that voters and groups cannot bring lawsuits under the 1965 law’s Section 2, which encompasses racial discrimination and voting laws.
